In our diet, the onion takes an honorable place, because without this vegetable, cooking most of the first and second dishes that we eat daily does not do. At each garden, on each backyard there is always a small area for planting onions. And today we invite you to familiarize yourself with the characteristics of the onion variety Stuttgart Riesen - the offspring of breeders from Germany.
Planting onions Stuttgarter Riesen on a feather or for obtaining bulbs always justifies the expectations of truck farmers (both professionals and amateurs) due to the high degree of its yield. In addition, this variety of onions is characterized by an extremely low demand for care. However, there are a number of rules, observance of which will allow you to avoid mistakes in growing this crop, and obtain an excellent harvest. This is what we will tell.
Brief characteristic of the variety
This type of onions are early ripening. Its growing season is 115-120 days, provided that the cultivation was made from seeds. If you use onion-seedling, the harvest will be received a little earlier, in 60-70 days. It should be noted that the yield of onion Stuttgart Riesen is very high. With minimal care, you will get up to five kilograms of onions from one square meter.
The shape of the bulb Stuttgarter Riesen is rounded, slightly flattened. One bulb usually reaches a weight of 150 grams. If you comply with the rules of farming, you can grow and 250 grams of giants. The variety of the color range of the onion husk Stuttgart Riesen is also great. It can be tender and yellow, and milky, and richly yellow, and even brown.
Due to attractive appearance and equalization of bulbs, they are characterized by high marketability. And typical for onion crops diseases bypass Stuttgart Riesen party. It is characterized by high resistance to powdery mildew, that is, peronosporosis. Leaving in a variety is also excellent. Occasionally, the bulbs are multi-toothed, but this happens very rarely. As for flavoring qualities, the onion of this variety can not be called acute. Its sharpness allows you to use onions and fresh, and used for cooking various dishes, conservation. As in all varieties of onions , Stuttgart Riesen bulbs contain a huge amount of vitamin C.
Planting and growing
As already mentioned in the description, Stuttgart Riesen onions can be grown using seedling, and from seeds. The first method is preferable, since the vegetative period is almost halved. To increase the yield, it is recommended to land on the site where legumes, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes or potatoes have grown before. With regard to planting material, the best is the onion variety of Stuttgart Riesen, grown in Holland.
To begin with, a shallow furrow (up to two centimeters) is made on the dug in the garden, at a distance of at least two
You can plant onion seeds in April, when the earth is warm. Chernushku should be sealed in a prepared bed at a depth of two centimeters at a distance of one centimeter. Then the soil beds covered with soil are mulched with a half-centimeter layer of humus. It is recommended that the soil is slightly tamped so that the rains do not wash off the onion seeds. As a top dressing it is possible to use complex fertilizers, but without them the onion will grow well.
As you can see, it is very easy to provide your family with a rich harvest of delicious and healthy onions. Even beginners, if they follow the above recommendations, will succeed.